Dorothy Simpson Krause

"Book + Art "
by Dorothy Simpson Krause

Book + Art: Handcrafting Artists’ Books
Book + Art focuses on content and suggests simple and elegant ways of presenting it in book form. Published by North Light it has just been released. It covers:
• An introduction to bookmaking tools and common materials
• The basics of selecting paper and other substrates
• Traditional and digital ways to incorporate images and words
• How to utilize blank and altered books
• Simple handmade book structures including multiple examples of single sheet, glued and sewn books
• Covers
• Alternative presentations including unbound collections, boxes and sculptural forms

With Examples, Projects, Tips and Creative Explorations, this book covers accessible image-making techniques, (like acrylic paste painting and alcohol gel transfers that can be done into bound books), the adhesive drumleaf binding, (which uses double page spreads and requires no sewing), and covers that are created separate from the book structure and are simple to attach.

Additional information about the contents and double page spreads from the book can be seen at www.ViewpointEditions.com. On Amazon you can "look inside this book" and order it for $16.49. But through July 31st Book + Art can be ordered from North Light's MyCraftivityStore for $15 using the code BOOKART.

Dorothy Simpson Krause work includes large scale mixed media pieces, artist books and book-like objects that bridge between these two forms. She is co-author of Digital Art Studio, Watson-Guptil, 2004.